Morris Chestnut

Birthday: Jan 1, 1969
Birthplace: Cerritos, California, USA
Biography:
Chestnut's first professional acting role was in Boyz 'N the Hood in 1991. He followed that up with roles in various TV movies, as well as a part on Patti LaBelle's short-lived sitcom Out All Night. Chestnut's career continued to rise steadily, but he often had only bit parts in throwaway, big-budget films, like 1995's Under Siege 2 or 1997's G.I. Jane. But as the decade ended, movies about young, professional African-Americans and their problems with family and relationships began to fill the c...
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ineplexes, creating roles for Chestnut and all the other talented black actors stuck in minor TV and film roles. Though it has often been rumored, Chestnut has denied any affiliation with Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
In 1999, Chestnut starred in The Best Man with Taye Diggs and Nia Long, playing a professional athlete who doesn't know that his soon-to-be wife dallied with his best man - who is about to release those details in his first novel, a Roman à clef about their time in college. The Best Man earned pretty good reviews, did well at the box office, and even earned Chestnut a NAACP Image Award nomination for his performance. He followed it up with The Brothers, another film centering on the themes of fidelity and success among urban professionals.
Filmography
- Not Easily Broken (2009)
- The Perfect Holiday (2007)
- The Game Plan (2007)
- The Cave (2005)
- The N-Word (2004)
- Ladder 49 (2004)
- Anacondas - The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)
- Breakin' All the Rules (2004)
- Scenes of the Crime (2003)
- Confidence (2003)
- Half Past Dead (2002)
- Like Mike (2002)
- Two Can Play That Game (2001)
- The Brothers (2001)
- The Best Man (1999)
- The Bestman (1999)
- G.I. Jane (1997)
- Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
- The Inkwell (1994)
- The Ernest Green Story (1993)
- Urban Crossfire (1992)
- Boyz n the Hood (1991)
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- Facebook User at 8:08pm on October 23rd, 2009
- Hello Morris... I have loved you since Boyz n- da hood!!! You are extremely talented and just fine for no reason at all!! Be blessed
- Laquanda Boyd at 7:40pm on October 21st, 2009
- i thought thee will b no celebrity wit the same b day as me guess i was wrong one of they sexiest man in the game got my b day....luv ya morris
- Michelle Williams at 6:15pm on October 20th, 2009
- We share the same birthday I see. Keep making those movies, we love seeing you in anything you do and your last picture, Not Easily broken was wonderful!
- Vanessa Gulley at 7:42pm on April 28th, 2009
- Keep up the good work...
- Amber Loren Miller at 4:40pm on January 30th, 2009
- I think you are most handsome actor out there in all respect. I have seen almost of you movies. You are great!!!!
- Cheryl L. Hickman at 10:08pm on January 29th, 2009
- Keep up the good work and starring in the variety of movies that reflect all sides of african americans! happy belated birthday..... you are a beautiful and strong black man!
- Shalanda Allen at 4:52pm on January 16th, 2009
- What a beautiful and talented man...wonder what he's really like.....Hmmmmm
- Nicole Imjustme Jackson at 5:16am on January 16th, 2009
- OMG he is soooooooooooooooooo FINE
- Facebook User at 10:19am on January 12th, 2009
- An amazing actor...delivers everytime!
- Facebook User at 1:51pm on January 11th, 2009
- Still a cutie after all these years!!
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